KDSU

Prairie Public Radio station in Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Fargo, North Dakota

Frequency91.9 MHz (HD Radio)BrandingPrairie Public RadioProgrammingFormatPublic; News, adult album alternative, Classical, Jazz
HD2: Relay of KFJM Grand ForksAffiliationsPrairie Public, NPROwnershipOwnerNorth Dakota State UniversityHistory

First air date

1966 (originally carrier current 1952-1964)

Call sign meaning

North Dakota State UniversityTechnical informationFacility ID49213ClassCERP100,000 wattsHAAT302 meters (991 ft)LinksWebcastStreamWebsiteprairiepublic.org

KDSU (91.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Fargo, North Dakota. The station is owned by North Dakota State University, but is operated by Prairie Public Radio. It airs NPR news and talk programming for most of the day, but simulcasts KFJM's Roots, Rock and Jazz programming from 9 am to 3 pm and from 8 pm to 4 am on weekdays. The rest of the main Prairie Public Radio network airs classical music during these times.

KDSU shares its coverage area with Moorhead, Minnesota-based Minnesota Public Radio outlets KCCD and KCCM, making Fargo/Moorhead one of the smallest markets with competing NPR member stations.

History

In 1952, students at the then-North Dakota Agricultural College signed on a very low-powered campus AM carrier current station. It adopted the fictional call letters "KDSC""; since the station didn't need a license, this was never officially assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. The station began using "KDSU" as an identifier sometime in the early 1960s, after the college became North Dakota State University. It went off the air in 1964 due to technical difficulties.

It returned in 1966 as a fully licensed FM station, now officially assigned the KDSU call letters. It originally tried to satisfy all tastes, airing jazz, blues, folk music, classical music, rock and opera. By 1981, however, it had evolved into a more traditional public radio station, airing news and jazz during the week and specialty programming on weekends.

External links

Prairie Public radio website
KDSU Schedule
KDSU in the FCC FM station database
KDSU in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area (North Dakota/Minnesota)

By AM frequency

740
790
890
970
1100
1200
1280
1500¹
1660

By FM frequency

LPFM	88.1 90.7 95.9 96.3
Translators	92.3 92.7 93.1 94.1 94.5 96.9 98.3 99.3 102.5 107.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Nearby regions: Aberdeen; Bemidji; Bismarck; Fergus Falls–Detroit Lakes; Grand Forks; Jamestown–Valley City; Watertown

See also: List of radio stations in Minnesota; List of radio stations in North Dakota

Notes: 1. Part 15 station with notability.

v t e NPR member stations in the state of North Dakota
Prairie Public stations	Bismarck KCND Devils Lake KPPD Dickinson KDPR Fargo KDSU Grand Forks KFJM Grand Forks KUND-FM Jamestown KPRJ Minot KMPR Williston KPPR Williston KPPW
Other stations	Belcourt KEYA
See also List of radio stations in North Dakota List of NPR stations See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Dakota